Check out the mortgage rates charts below to find 30-year and 15-year mortgage rates for each of the different mortgage loans U.S. Bank offers. If you decide to purchase mortgage discount points at closing, your interest rate may be lower than the rates shown here.

Mortgage rates were driven down this week. It was 4.41 percent a week ago and 4.44 percent a year ago. The 30-year fixed rate hasn’t been this low in more than a year. The 15-year fixed-rate.

The average rate for 15-year, fixed-rate home loans slipped this week to. brought a surge in interest by prospective buyers and homeowners looking to refinance. Total mortgage applications rose 1.3.

The first is the fact that 15-year mortgages generally carry a lower interest rate than 30-year mortgages. Using LendingTree’s mortgage rate tool , a 30-year, $250,000 mortgage in Brooklyn, N.Y., would currently have a 4.25% interest rate for someone would excellent credit.